Legal Counsel- Fintech- Structured Products/Crypto – Flexible/Remote Working

Description

• An exciting opportunity at a leading firm with a structured products and digital asset offering is looking for a junior lawyer to join their growing team to undertake a varied workload in relation to both traditional financial products as well as crypto assets.
• This is a great opportunity to be deeply embedded within a high growth business advising on a wide variety of work and finding novel solutions to queries raised by the business.
• The role offers a high degree of flexible working with occasional work from the London office.
• Global reach of the firm means you have access to very international colleagues.

​Responsibilities

• To provide advice and support to the business from initiation to completion of their product including design and launch as well as on-going advisory.
• To ensure that the products offered by the business comply with relevant regulations across various jurisdictions.
• To be involved in all aspects of a transaction including structuring, negotiating and completing the transaction with various counterparties.

Requirements

• Must be a UK or common-law qualified lawyer, 1-4 years PQE*.
• Ideally has trained in a top city law firm or in-house within a similar financial institution.
• Strong knowledge and experience of structured products, OTC derivatives, capital markets, note issuances.
• Must be a confident independent worker, but with an ability to work as part of a close-knit team.
• Crypto experience is not essential for this role but is a benefit.

*Please note that PQE is used only as a guide and applications from those outside of the range will be considered.